Aeonium balsamiferum

Aeonium balsamiferum
Aeonium balsamiferum' at the University of California Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Aeonium
Species: A. balsamiferum
Binomial name
Aeonium balsamiferum
Webb & Berthel., 1840
Synonyms
  • Sempervivum balsamiferum[1]

Aeonium balsamiferum is a species of tropical flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae. The species is endemic in the Canary Islands.

The species name in Spanish in the Canary Islands is called "bejeque farrobo", the name may be of Guanche or Moorish origin, the probable transliteration in Guanche may be as "beheke farobo".

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Taxonomy

The plant was first scientifically described by Philip Barker Webb and Sabin Berthelot which was published in Natural History of the Canary Islands (Histoire Naturelle des Îles Canaries) in 1840.[2]

The species name balsamiferum, meaning that the plant produces a scent like balsam (not balm).[3]

Description

It is a shrub plant with each rosette with sticky leaves measuring 20 cm in diameter. Within the genus, it belongs to a shrub or a sub-shrub with branched stems and yellow flowers. It differs with its leaves that smell like balsam or balm.[1]

Distribution and ecology

Aeonium balsamiferum are founded in the eastern islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. The species was included in the Catalogue (Catalog) of Threatened Species of the Canary Islands in 2001, in 2010 it was not included in the Canarian Catalogue (Catalog) of Protected Species.

Other

One of the plants is found at the University of California Botanical Garden.

References

  1. 1 2 Aeonium balsamiferum at Desert Tropicals
  2. ↑ "Aeonium balsamiferum". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Aeonium balsamiferum
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